unrowedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrəʊd/, U.S. /ˌənˈroʊd/ Textiles. Now historical and rare.
Of a textile fabric or an article made from such material: not having had a nap raised. Cf. unnapped adj.
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unrowed1487
pilled1548
balda1616
unnapped1620
unteaseled1877
1487 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1487 §30. m. 12 The seid clothes..arne..conveyed out of this realme, unroweed and unshorne.
1643 in W. H. Black Docquets Lett. Patent at Oxf. (1837) 363 To transporte all wollen clothes vnrowed, vnbarbd, vnshorne, and not fully drest.
1769 C. Molloy De Jure Maritimo (ed. 9) II. xv. 204 All manner of Woollen Cloths, as well white as coloured, unrowed, unbarded, and unshorn, and not fully dressed, are prohibited by Law to be transported.
1985 E. Kerridge Textile Manufactures Early Mod. Eng. vii. 111 These had stammet jersey warps and carded woollen wefts, and were unrowed and napless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1487